Liquid-gage.



- L. MEYER. LIQUID GAGE. APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 11, 1912.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.v

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH Cn.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

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'unir site@ r LOUIS MEYER, 0F SAN FRANGlSCO, CALIFORNIA.

LIQUID-GAGE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis MEYER, a. citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certainV new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to liquid gages and its object is to provide a cheap and eilicient means whereby the proprietor may see at a glance the amount of liquid that has been drawn from a barrelor cask to which this gage is attached.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1, is an end view iii elevation of a barrel or Cask with the gage mounted in place. The controlling screw and the rotating scale is looked. (The level of the l1quid in the barrel or cask is sho-wn by the dotted line m-w.) The stop-cock is closed. Fig. 2, is a plan view of the top of the gage showing the end of the tube and sca-le with the liasp closed and locked, securing both the controlling screw and scale. Fig. 3, is a broken view in elevation of al barrel or cask showing the head with gage mounted in The controlling screw and the rotating scale is locked. (The level ofthe liquid in the barrel or cask is shown by the dotted line jz/*gh and the former level is shown by the indicator at e.) The stopcock is open. Fig. 4f, is a plan view of the top of the gage showing the end of thetube and scale with the haspyunlocked and open, freeing the controlling screw and scale. Fig. 5, is a plan view of the bottom of the gage showing the trunnion hole surrounded by the index holes for setting the rotating scale. Fig. 6, is a broken view of the lower end of the rotating scale with multiple sides, showing the trunnion and the index p in. Fig. 7, is a plan view of the indicator with the glass and guard in cross-section.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing the numeral l designates a barrel to which my improved gage is applied and 2 a faucet with an inverted union 3 having a stop cock 4. Mounted on the upturned end of the union 3 is a gage housing within which is a glass tube 6 having its lower end in communication with the end of the union. Partially encircling the glass tube is a guard comprising a slotted tube having its ends embracing the glass tube. Journaled in the housing and parallel with the tube is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1912.

serial ivo. 708,889.

a screw shaft 9 which passes through a threaded opening in a non-rotatable indicator 8, the screw being provided with a handle by which the screw may be turned to raise or lower the indicator. Also mounted in the housing is a rotatable scale l1 with a plurality of graduated sides or faces. The top 12 of the gage housingcarries a pivoted locking liasp 13 having locking depressions lt and 15 adapted to register with noncircular portions of the scale and screw rod respectively to lock these against turning, the hasp being designed to be locked in position by any suitable means, as for instance the pad lock 15a. In the bottom plate 16 of the housing is a trunnion hole 19 to receive the trunnion 2O of the scale and also a plurality of concentric holes 16 adapted to receive the index pin 18. The lower end of the trunnio-n 2O is provided with a head or nut which keeps the scale from being removed.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The faucet with its inverted union and stop-cock is inserted in the head of the barrel or cask in the usual manner, the stopcock being' closed to prevent the loss of the liquid until the gage is attached. The device is then mounted in place by means of the union, and the stopcock is opened, allowing the liquid in the glass to rise to the level of that in the barrel or cask. The liointed hasp on the top of the gagehousing is then unlocked and opened, and, by means of the handle on the controlling screw, the indicator is moved into such a position that it will bring the lower face thereof in line with the liquid in the glass. (The position of the indicator above described and the level of the liquid in the barrel or Cask is shown by the dotted line -w, in Fig. l.) The multiple sided scale with the differential graduations thereon, is now turned until the level of the liquid in the barrel or cask, (indicated by the dotted line m-, Fig. 1,) corresponds wit-h the highest number of gallons graduated on that side; for example, if the barrel or cask is one of ifty gallons capacity, the side of the scale on which fifty is the highest graduated number is turned toward the indicator, thus showing that fifty gallons was the amount in the original package. The jointed hasp on the top of the housing is now closed and locked. By means of the depressions in said liointed hasp, articulating' accurately with the Patented Dec. 2,1913.

profile of the projection on the base of the handle operating the controlling screw andA the contour of the scale mentioned, the gage is locked in registering position. It will be noted that -the stopcocl in the inverted union has nothing to do with the registering device, and is only used to prevent the loss of liquid during the mounting and unmounting of the gage. The gage now being set and locked, the liquid is ieady for sale or use, being drawn ofin in the quantities required, by means of the faucet. When the proprietor wishes to check the amount of liquid disposed of, he first assures himself that the stop-cock is open, so that thej graduation on the scale, (as reset) and thel former position of said indicator, showing the full barrel or Cask, will indicate the-r amount of liquid in gallons, and the fractions thereof, that have been drawn. The device is now locked as before and is again! ready to check the amount of liquid drawn. For convenience in setting the scale so that the index holes inthe bottom of the gage? housing are provided. The index pin is so7 placed in the lower end of the scale that when it has entered an index hole, the said scale is not only in the right position rela-I tive to the indicator, but is also in place for locking.

l Having thus describedl my invention, whaty I claim as new and desire to secure by Let# ters Patent, is

l. In a liquid gage and in combination,

a faucet having an inverted union with ya stop-cock thereon anda means for attach-l ing said faucet to a barrel or cask; a hous-l ing of suitable material mounted on saidl faucet by means of the inverted union; a' glass tube wit-hin said housing. so disposedi that the opening thereof may articulate witlr the opening in said union and be securedl thereto; a graduated scale within said house ing, parallel with, and adjacent to said tube a rotatably mounted screw within said housing, parallel and adjacent to said tube, said screw having mountedV thereon an indicator with threads therein, articulating and in mesh with the threads of said screw; a handle having a base with a projection, said handle with base and projection rigidly ifnounted onsaid screw; a jointed hacking hasp movably mounted'. on the top of said housing, said hasp having depressions in the side thereof so disposed as to engage and articulate with the contour of the scale andl the profile of the projection on the base of the controlling screw handle, and a means for locking said liasp; substantially as described and claimed'.

2. In a liquid gage and in combination, a faucet having an inverted union with stopcocl: thereon and a' means for attaching said faucet to a barrel or Cask; a housing of suitable material inoimted on said faucet by means of the inverted union, a glass tube within said housing so disposed that the opening thereof may articulate with the opening in said union, and be secured thereto; a rotating scale with multiple sides within said housing parallel with, and adjacent to said tube; a screw rotatably mounted within said housing in line with said' tube, said screw having mounted thereon an indicator with threads therein, articulating with and in mesh with the threads of said screw; a handle having a base with a pro jection, said handle with base and projection rigidly mounted on said screw; a. jointed locking hasp movably mounted on the top of said housing, said hasp having depressions in the side thereof so disposed as to engage and articulate with the contour of the scale and the profile of the projection on the base of the controlling screw handle, and a means for locking said ha'sp, substantially as described. its proper side may be nextl to the indictor,`

3. In a liquid gage and in combination, a

faucet having an inverted union with stopcock thereon and a means for attachingsaid faucetto a barrel or cask; a housing of suitable material mounted on said faucet by means of the inverted union, a glass tube ,within saidI housing so disposed that the opening thereof may articulate with the opening in said union, and be secured thereto; a `guard for said tube, a revolving. scale with multiple sides within said housing parallel with and adjacent to said tube; a screw yrotatably mounted within said housing, in

line with said tube, said screw having mounted thereon an` indicator with threads therein, articulating and in mesh v with the base with a projection, said handle with kbase and projection rigidly mounted on said ,screw; a jointed locking lha'sp movably ,niount-ed on the top of said housing, said hasp having depressions in the side thereof so disposed as to engage and articulate with the contour of the scale and the profileV of I the projection on the base of the controlling Vscrew handle, and a means for locking the same, substantially as described and claimed.

4. In a liquid gage and lin combination, a faucethaving an inverted union with stopcocl'; thereon anda means for attaching said faucet to a barrel or Cask; a housing of suit- ,threads ofy said` screw; a handle havingl a l.with said tube, said screw having mounted thereon an indicator with threads therein, articulating and in mesh with the threads of said screw; a handle with a base having a projection, said handle with base and projection rigidly mounted on saidscrew; a jointed hasp movably mounted on the top of said housing, said hasp having depressions in the side thereof so disposed as to engage and articulate with the contour of the scale and the profile of the projection on the base of the controlling screw handle, and a means for locking said hasp, substantially as described.

5. In a liquid gage and in combination, a faucet having an inverted union and stopcoclr thereon, and a means for attaching said faucet to a barrel or cash; a housing of suitable material mounted on said faucet by means of the inverted union, a glass tube within said housing so disposed that the opening thereof may articulate with the opening in said union, and be secured thereto; a guard for said tube, said guard being a partially slotted tube with the ends encircling the glass sufficiently for cementing purposes, a revolving scale with multiple sides having differential graduations thereon, within said housing, parallel and adjacent to said tube; an index p-in in the lower end of said scale, index holes in the bottom plate of the housing so disposed as to engage said pin; a screw rotatably mounted within the housing and in line with said tube, said screw having mounted thereon an indicator with threads therein, articulating and in mesh with the threads of said screw; a handle with a base having a projection, said handle with base and projection rigidly mounted on said screw; a jointed hasp movably mounted on the top of said housing, said hasp having depressions in the side thereof so disposed as to engage and articulate with the contour of the scale and the profile of the projection on the base of the controlling screw handle, and a means for locking said hasp, substantially as described and claimed.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS MEYER.

Witnesses:

HoRTENsE GARDNER, WITH GRANT MURRAY.

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